.TH "QwtWeedingCurveFitter" 3 "Wed Jan 2 2019" "Version 6.1.4" "Qwt User's Guide" \" -*- nroff -*-
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.SH NAME
QwtWeedingCurveFitter \- A curve fitter implementing Douglas and Peucker algorithm\&.  

.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fC#include <qwt_curve_fitter\&.h>\fP
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Inherits \fBQwtCurveFitter\fP\&.
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.RI "\fBQwtWeedingCurveFitter\fP (double \fBtolerance\fP=1\&.0)"
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.RI "virtual \fB~QwtWeedingCurveFitter\fP ()"
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.RI "Destructor\&. "
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.RI "void \fBsetTolerance\fP (double)"
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.RI "double \fBtolerance\fP () const"
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.RI "void \fBsetChunkSize\fP (uint)"
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.RI "uint \fBchunkSize\fP () const"
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.RI "virtual QPolygonF \fBfitCurve\fP (const QPolygonF &) const"
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.SS "Additional Inherited Members"
.SH "Detailed Description"
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A curve fitter implementing Douglas and Peucker algorithm\&. 

The purpose of the Douglas and Peucker algorithm is that given a 'curve' composed of line segments to find a curve not too dissimilar but that has fewer points\&. The algorithm defines 'too dissimilar' based on the maximum distance (tolerance) between the original curve and the smoothed curve\&.
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The runtime of the algorithm increases non linear ( worst case O( n*n ) ) and might be very slow for huge polygons\&. To avoid performance issues it might be useful to split the polygon ( \fBsetChunkSize()\fP ) and to run the algorithm for these smaller parts\&. The disadvantage of having no interpolation at the borders is for most use cases irrelevant\&.
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The smoothed curve consists of a subset of the points that defined the original curve\&.
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In opposite to \fBQwtSplineCurveFitter\fP the Douglas and Peucker algorithm reduces the number of points\&. By adjusting the tolerance parameter according to the axis scales \fBQwtSplineCurveFitter\fP can be used to implement different level of details to speed up painting of curves of many points\&. 
.SH "Constructor & Destructor Documentation"
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.SS "QwtWeedingCurveFitter::QwtWeedingCurveFitter (double tolerance = \fC1\&.0\fP)"
Constructor
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\fBParameters:\fP
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\fItolerance\fP Tolerance 
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\fBSee also:\fP
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\fBsetTolerance()\fP, \fBtolerance()\fP 
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.SH "Member Function Documentation"
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.SS "uint QwtWeedingCurveFitter::chunkSize () const"

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\fBReturns:\fP
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Maximum for the number of points passed to a run of the algorithm - or 0, when unlimited 
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\fBSee also:\fP
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\fBsetChunkSize()\fP 
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.SS "QPolygonF QwtWeedingCurveFitter::fitCurve (const QPolygonF & points) const\fC [virtual]\fP"

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\fBParameters:\fP
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\fIpoints\fP Series of data points 
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\fBReturns:\fP
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Curve points 
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Implements \fBQwtCurveFitter\fP\&.
.SS "void QwtWeedingCurveFitter::setChunkSize (uint numPoints)"
Limit the number of points passed to a run of the algorithm
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The runtime of the Douglas Peucker algorithm increases non linear with the number of points\&. For a chunk size > 0 the polygon is split into pieces passed to the algorithm one by one\&.
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\fBParameters:\fP
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\fInumPoints\fP Maximum for the number of points passed to the algorithm
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\fBSee also:\fP
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\fBchunkSize()\fP 
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.SS "void QwtWeedingCurveFitter::setTolerance (double tolerance)"
Assign the tolerance
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The tolerance is the maximum distance, that is acceptable between the original curve and the smoothed curve\&.
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Increasing the tolerance will reduce the number of the resulting points\&.
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\fBParameters:\fP
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\fItolerance\fP Tolerance
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\fBSee also:\fP
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\fBtolerance()\fP 
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.SS "double QwtWeedingCurveFitter::tolerance () const"

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\fBReturns:\fP
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Tolerance 
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\fBSee also:\fP
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\fBsetTolerance()\fP 
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